Ex-Mayor Deschambault Faces Cheating Charge at Trial
The Maine Supreme Court allowed a cheating by false pretenses charge against former Biddeford mayor Clement H. Deschambault to proceed, while deeming two related indictments defective. The court split 3 to 2 with justices dissenting on key points, noting amended claims about authority and misrepresentation.
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Portland
Maine Supreme Court
Clement H. Deschambault
Biddeford
Deschambault
Raoul J. Binette
Saco Brick Co
Helicopter Downed by North Korea Near DMZ
North Korea claimed its forces fired on and forced down a U S Army helicopter just north of the demilitarized zone near Seoul. Both pilots Capt Ben W Stutts and Capt Charleston W Voltz were unnamed in fate. The U N Command urged return of crew and aircraft and called the event an armistice violation. A separate update from USS Kearsarge reported astronaut Gordon Cooper recovering well after a 34 hour space flight with normal condition and plan for Honolulu parade.
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Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
North
Reds
Ben Weakley Stutts
Charleston W. Voltz
Military Armistice Commission
U.N
Han River
Red Territory
Ficers
Chang Chung-wan
Red
U.S
Korea
Cloud
Biddeford Rebuilds After Two Major City Fires
Biddeford braces for May 20 as Farreaching blazes in March and April cripple the economy. Grafton Lumber plans a new 100 by 200 foot storage shed and full production by October after a $1 million March 20 fire flattened major sections. Diamond National Lumber blaze on April 20 destroyed 18 buildings, left 49 families homeless, with Red Cross spending $12,365.27 and aiding 43 families overall.
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Biddeford Steels
Grafton Lumber Company
Joseph Rosenfield
jPlans
Rosenfield
Lewiston
Diamond National Lumber Company
Hooper Street
Biddeford
Myrtis Peterson
York County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Peterson
Gossipers Fall Into Own Mouth Traps Joke
A light quip notes that people who gossip typically end up entangling themselves in their own schemes. The joke carries a playful moral about speech and consequences.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Hollis Center Doctor Dies in Fire Incident
Dr. Richard H. Wallace 52, osteopath at Hollis Center, died in a Boston hospital after being gravely burned by lighter fluid he used to start a fire in a fireplace at his Acton summer home on May 5. The incident occurred in Hollis Center area as reported by AP.
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Hollis Center
Richard H. Wallace
Boston
Acton
Thornton trustees accept fresh by BOB FENDERSON
Dr. Paul Hill Jr says trustees will admit all Saco students entering Thornton Academy this fall. Principal Bowie notes expected enrollment near 80s with space but not ideal. city council budget cut to 315000 may impede expanding for September.
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Bob Fenderson
Paul S. Hill Jr
Thornton Academy Board of Trustees
Saco
Hill
Robert L. Bowie l
Thornton
William S. Linnell
Cooper's Flight Brings Hope For Moon Landing
Astronaut Gordon Cooper returns safely after a perilous space flight and undergoes medical tests that may hasten the day when man lands on the moon. The Supreme Court had outlawed school segregation and by now desegregation spans most states. The nation’s jobless rate edges upward despite records in employment and industrial output. The U.N. Command in Korea seeks the return of two American captains who made an emergency helicopter landing in Communist North Korea.
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Uss
Kearsarge
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Midway Island
Space Agency
U.N. Command
Korea
Communist
North Korea
Senate Backs Sunday Store Opening Measure
Augusta Maine Senate votes 19 to 7 to back the MacGregor bill to let small stores up to 5000 square feet and five employees open on Sundays and certain holidays. The measure would supersede local option laws and face opposition over competition concerns and Sunday rest beliefs.
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Augusta
Senate
House
Legal Affairs Committee
Maine
State Supreme Court
L. Robert Porteous Jr
R-Falmouth
Frederick W. Whittaker
R-Bangor
Bangor Theological Seminary
Augusta K. Christie
Presque Isle
Reading speeds differ for professionals and students
In Norman Oklahoma Dr Don Cox head of OU reading clinic says most Americans read about 250 words per minute. He notes the minimum standard for professionals is 600 wpm and people reading about 450 wpm can just about get by in college.
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Norman
Okla
Don Cox
Reading Clinic
University of Oklahoma
College
Segregation Ruling Nine Years Ago Has Brought Repercussions
On May 17 1954 the Supreme Court ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional and ordered desegregation with all deliberate speed. Nine years of developments followed including civil rights trials, riots in Birmingham Nashville and Oxford, and widespread desegregation progress though Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina remain largely segregated in some districts. The report notes deep nationwide impact and ongoing race tensions amid continued demands for change.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Dred Scott
U. S. Supreme Court
South
Belman Morin
Associated Press
Tennessee
Little Rock
Ark
Oxford
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
District of Columbia
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Supreme Court Outlaws Segregation In Public Schools
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court issued a 9-0 ruling ending racial segregation in public schools. Chief Justice Earl Warren read the key line declaring separate educational facilities inherently unequal, signaling a major civil rights turning point and challenging a century of segregation.
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United States Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Jobless Rate Edges Upward In Nation
Washington AP reports the nations jobless rate rose to 5.7 percent in April while overall employment reached a record 68.9 million and industrial output hit 122.4 percent of the 1957-59 average. Nonfarm payrolls climbed to 55.9 million. unemployment fell to 4.1 million though the seasonally adjusted rate rose. Factory and construction hiring increased. retail trade for the week ending May 11 was estimated at 4.8 billion, up from the prior week.
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Washington
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Department
Reserve Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
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Biddeford High School
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Democratic Party
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Apley
Robert B. Williamson
Francis W. Sullivan
York
Binétte
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Laverriere
Marx
Margaret Chase Smith
Robert Kennedy
Biddeford-Saco
John McNabb
David McNabb
Sharon Staples
Rodney Staples
Miss Staples
Richard F. Murphy
Leon F. Jones
Paul E. Reay
Edmond F. Rube
Ben James
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Honolulu
Mickey Martelle
Eterson
Joe's Donut Shop
Alfred Street
Electrolux Sales & Service
Joseph Durfee
Thornton Trustees
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
St. ‘Fotini Society
Pata
Old Orchard Beach Parent-Teacher Association
Jameson School
Frank Manduca
Gerald Beauregard
S. Theodore Manduca
National Pta
Laurel Cushing
Anthony Tsomides
Robert Court
Manduca
William M. Clark
Edward Smith
Sen
Lloyd H. Stitham
R-Pitts
Field
MacGregor
Stitham
Group of Equal Opportunity
Nashville
Tenn
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